BATSUGUN
SEGA SATURNThe
final release from the legendary Toaplan is arguably their
best latter-day shooter. A beautifully designed
game, Batsugun is one of the few vertical
shooters to perfectly balance increasingly
over-the-top firepower of the players' ship
(which 'levels up' its weaponry as the game
progresses rather than using an item 'pickup'
system) with increasing toughness.. even when
armed to the teeth with screen-filling laser
blasters the player still needs complete
concentration and reactionary 'twitch' gaming
skills to survive.. An immaculate Saturn
conversion, without any noticeable slowdown.
Probably second only to Battle Garegga as traditional
vertical-mode shooters go on the system and one
of my all-time favourite shooters, especially
when played with the Sega 'Arcade' joystick :)For the Shmups review
click here
And here's another :)